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By Cleve Scott This article celebrates Jerome Francique who helped to shape the sound of the musical band TOUCH from 1988 to 1990. The tonal quality of its most recent recording, Cucumber in she salad, also reflects the Jerome Francique influence. The first recordings by the band were done in 1986; these were Get Up and Party, sung by Godfrey Dublin, and Calypso Rock, sung by Lennox “Dinks” Johnson. In …
Sixteen Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) awards will be up for grabs this year at the Association’s 70th Anniversary Tourism Gala on Friday, December 9. The biennial awards ceremony, customarily held at the end of the two-year
One of the reasons why Barbados’ spouge beat failed to blossom successfully was that the music industry was controlled by a group of corporate entities when it was trying to establish its presence on the market. This assertion was made by bassist and recording engineer Norman Barrow, during the Jackie Opel Day roundtable discussion Celebrating The Life & Music Of A Legend at the Courtney Blackman Grande Salle, Central Bank, …
Musician Andy Weekes might not have been a household name in Barbados, but he did make it bold that he was a proud Barbadian even up to the time of his passing Monday in Germany where he resided. The 70-year-old’s name will go down in history as the voice behind the song I Am A Proud Barbadian performed by the popular late 1960s/early 1970s group The Sandpebbles. According to reports, …